# 繹

| 繹 | U+7E79, &#32377; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E79 |
| ← 繸 [U+7E78] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 繺 → [U+7E7A] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 繹 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 䋇 |
| Simplified | 绎 |

### Han character

繹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火田中十 (VFWLJ), four-corner 2694$_1$, composition ⿰糹睪)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 941, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27975
* Dae Jaweon: page 1380, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3459, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7E79

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 斁 | *ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ |
| 籜 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 蘀 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 鐸 | *l'aːɡ |
| 凙 | *l'aːɡ |
| 襗 | *l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ |
| 擇 | *rlaːɡ |
| 澤 | *rlaːɡ |
| 鸅 | *rlaːɡ |
| 蠌 | *rlaːɡ |
| 檡 | *rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ |
| 釋 | *hljaɡ |
| 繹 | *laːɡ |
| 睪 | *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː |
| 譯 | *laːɡ |
| 嶧 | *laːɡ |
| 懌 | *laːɡ |
| 驛 | *laːɡ |
| 醳 | *laːɡ |
| 圛 | *laːɡ |
| 墿 | *laːɡ |
| 燡 | *laːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laːɡ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

### Etymology

Same word as 驛 (OC *laːɡ, “posthorse; relay station”), 譯 (OC *laːɡ, “to translate”), 懌 (OC *laːɡ, “relaxed; pleased”), 斁 (OC *laːɡ, “to be tired of”) (Schuessler, 2007). Also related to 釋 (OC *hljaɡ, “to set free; to explain”), 赦 (OC *hljaɡs, “to let go; to pardon”) (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yì (yi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yet$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yid$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): ĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): ĭk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): e̍k / ia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): êg$^8$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yig$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$yiq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yì
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$
*** Yale: yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jik$^6$
*** Yale: yihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yet$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jet̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: id
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /i²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭk
*** Sinological IPA : /iʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
*** Tâi-lô: i̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ek
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: ia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: êg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: e̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /ek̚⁴/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: yig$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /zik̚⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$yiq
*** MiniDict: yih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$hhiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɪʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: yek
Rime :
| Character | 繹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊益切 |
| Baxter | yek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 繹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15136 |
| Phonetic component | 睪 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繹 |
| Old Chinese | /*laːɡ/ |

### Definitions

繹
* to unravel; to draw out
* to interpret; to explain
* to continue

### Compounds

* 尋繹 / 寻绎
* 抽繹 / 抽绎 (chōuyì)
* 演繹 / 演绎 (yǎnyì)
* 演繹推理 / 演绎推理
* 演繹法 / 演绎法 (yǎnyìfǎ)
* 紬繹 / 绸绎
* 絡繹 / 络绎 (luòyì)
* 絡繹不絕 / 络绎不绝 (luòyìbùjué)
* 絡繹於途 / 络绎于途
* 繹史 / 绎史
* 繹繹 / 绎绎
* 衍繹 / 衍绎

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 䋇 |
| Kyūjitai | 繹 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䋇)
* pull out

#### Readings

* Go-on: やく (yaku)
* Kan-on: えき (eki)
* Kun: ぬく (nuku, 繹く)、たずねる (tazuneru, 繹る)

#### Compounds

* 演(えん)繹(えき)／演(えん)䋇(えき) (en'eki)
* 演(えん)繹(えき)法(ほう)／演(えん)䋇(えき)法(ほう) (en'ekihō)

## Korean
### Hanja

繹 (eum 역 (yeok))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

繹: Hán Nôm readings: gịt, dịch, dịt
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